Brandon wants excitement and little cares how he gets it. He persuades his weak-minded friend, Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate. The two place the body in a wooden chest and, to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead man's father, round to a party, the chest with its gruesome contents serving as a supper table. The horror and tension are worked up gradually; thunder growls outside, the guests leave, and we see the reactions of the two murderers, watched closely by the suspicting Rupert Cadell. Finally, they break down under the strain and confess their guilt. The final curtain descends on Cadell blowing the whistle which will summon a waiting policeman. Rope, first produced and published in 1929, was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948 and remains to this day one of the classics of the thriller genre.
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Hardback Editions
January 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Rope Author(s): Patrick Hamilton ISBN: 1-55880-280-0 / 9781558802803 (USA edition) Publisher: MCA Home Video Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 1975 : Hardback
| Title: Rope: Play (Drama) Author(s): Patrick Hamilton ISBN: 0-09-450860-7 / 978-0-09-450860-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Constable Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1957 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
February 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Rope Author(s): Patrick Hamilton ISBN: 0-573-01989-4 / 978-0-573-01989-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Samuel French Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1999 : Paperback
| Title: The Best of Shakespeare: Retellings of 10 Classic Plays (Opie Library) Author(s): Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0-19-513213-0 / 978-0-19-513213-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1954 : Paperback
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1948 : Mass Market Paperback
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